I am having concurrency issues with my inserts in a stored procedure. The relevant part of the procedure is this:
select @_id = Id from table1 where othervalue = @_othervalue
IF( @_id IS NULL)
BEGIN
insert into table1 (othervalue) values (@_othervalue)
select @_id = Id from table1 where othervalue = @_othervalue
END
When we run 3 or 4 of these stored proc's concurrently we get multiple inserts on occasion.
I am planning on fixing this like so:
insert into table1 (othervalue)
select TOP(1) @_othervalue as othervalue from table1 WITH(UPDLOCK)
where NOT EXISTS ( select * from table1 where othervalue = @_othervalue )
select @_id = Id from table1 where othervalue = @_othervalue
The question is, is that how to concurrently insert without duplicates in sql server? The fact that i have to use TOP to only insert once disturbs me.
Best Answer
You could use a merge statement with
serializable
hint.